Dr.Srinivasa Raju

As of February 2024, there are  70,645  PG medical seats in India, including seats for MD (Doctor of Medicine), MS (Master of Surgery), and Diploma course.  This includes 31,345 seats in government colleges and 21,418 seats in private/deemed colleges.  while the rest, 18,229, are DNB seats. At present very few seats in PG-FAMILY MEDICINE In india. there is dire need to raise these seats to minimum 5000 seats either as DNB or MD .  Family medicine and internal medicine are both primary care specialties, and both can treat common medical conditions and perform diagnostic tests. However, they differ in the following ways: Patient demographics Family medicine doctors treat patients of all ages, from birth to death. Internal medicine doctors treat adults 18 years or older. Work setting Many internists work in hospitals, while most family medicine doctors work in outpatient settings. Focus Family medicine doctors focus on preventative care and ge...

  NMC Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2023      National Medical Commission (NMC) , the apex regulatory body for medical education and practice in India, issued new guidelines on professional conduct for doctors, which mandate them to prescribe only generic drugs instead of specific brands. This has sparked a protest from the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest body of doctors in the country, which has called the guidelines “unscientific” and “impractical”. What are the National Medical Commission (NMC) Guidelines? Social Media Usage Guidelines: Doctors can provide information online, ensuring it is verifiable and not misleading. Prohibition on discussing patient treatment specifics or sharing patient scans. Restriction on sharing patient testimonials, images, and videos. Prohibition on soliciting patients directly or indirectly through social media. Right to Refuse Treatment: D...

  *Voluntary Accreditation of Hospitals vs. Mandatory Enforcing Regulations: Which is Better?** Hospital Board of India-IMA ' demands 3rd.party voluntary/autonomous organizations like NABH or HBI Accreditation should be utilized as a tool for quality assessment of  private health care establishments. Even the "  Report on the Working Group on Clinical Establishments, Professional Services Regulation and Accreditation of Health Care Infrastructure For the 11th Five-Year Plan(2007-12)" suggests accreditation is the better option in comparison with licensing. Monitoring of quality of the private health care should be competitive rather than mandatory enforcing . Let us discuss pros&cons of both methods. Monitoring the Quality of Private Healthcare: Competition vs. Mandatory Enforcement Ensuring the quality of private healthcare is paramount for safeguarding public health and well-being. Traditionally, governments have relied on mandatory enforcement measures, such as...